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Default Dangerous Bacteria Found In Ground Turkey

On Wed, 1 May 2013 10:43:29 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
wrote:

>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:27:37 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> >
> >> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:43:03 -0800, Judy Haffner wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Of the 257 samples of ground turkey tested, more than half were found
> >>>> to
> >>>> be positive for fecal bacteria and overall, 90 percent were
> >>>> contaminated
> >>>> with one or more types of disease-causing organisms, many of which
> >>>> proved resistant to one or more common antibiotics, Consumer Reports
> >>>> found.
> >>>
> >>> Once the USDA gets wind of this, they will no doubt crack down on
> >>> these dirty turkey farms and make our food supply safe for
> >>> consumption. Just as they are doing with chicken.
> >>
> >> No they won't. We can't afford food inspection. We're broke.

> >
> > The processors/manufacturers should be paying for the inspector(s).
> > But the Big Meat lobby has made sure that nobody has ever proposed
> > such a simple plan.
> >

>
> there is nothing wrong with that idea, but of course those costs would get
> passed on to the consumer.
>

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